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    Re: Cleaning tires to remove browning and dirt

    Griot`s Rubber Prep. Simple, easy, safe, effective. OK, it`s a little pricey but it`s still my choice/recommendation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    Griot`s Rubber Prep. Simple, easy, safe, effective. OK, it`s a little pricey but it`s still my choice/recommendation.
    That`s the solvent stuff? What does that seem to be, some sort of odorless mineral spirits or something else?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy View Post

    I have seen sodium metasilicate used in other tire cleaners, I don`t associate that with floor strippers the way I do with the glycol ethers and butyl compounds.
    For reference, Adam`s APC contains sodium metasilicate, so I guess that is why I get good results cleaning tires with it. Do we know what Tuf Shine contains?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SYMAWD View Post
    For reference, Adam`s APC contains sodium metasilicate, so I guess that is why I get good results cleaning tires with it. Do we know what Tuf Shine contains?
    I don`t remember anyone ever getting a Tuf Shine MSDS. Most of the tire cleaners seem to be caustics which are going to have something like sodium metasilicate in them, but I just looked at an EO A2Z MSDS thru the Advanced Auto Parts website and it`s got a number of other active ingredients, including several sodium salts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy View Post
    That`s the solvent stuff? What does that seem to be, some sort of odorless mineral spirits or something else?
    Yeah, "solvent stuff" as opposed to their normal Rubber Cleaner.

    Heh heh, gotta admit that I have *NO IDEA* what it might be or even what I could compare it to, but that "odorless Mineral Spirits" isn`t a bad describption. Seems a bit thicker than MS though, but eh...I`ve never really paid attention to its characteristics. Certainly does flash off cleanly though, never any issues putting Trim Sealant on after it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    Yeah, "solvent stuff" as opposed to their normal Rubber Cleaner.

    Heh heh, gotta admit that I have *NO IDEA* what it might be or even what I could compare it to, but that "odorless Mineral Spirits" isn`t a bad describption. Seems a bit thicker than MS though, but eh...I`ve never really paid attention to its characteristics. Certainly does flash off cleanly though, never any issues putting Trim Sealant on after it.
    I guess I`ve been turned off to solvent-based tire cleaners since I finally got around to using my old Tropicare Non-Silicone Dressing (remember that?) which is similar to Tuf Shine, but they used a solvent cleaner which has a citrus smell and I presume is d-limonene based. I used it on my friend Jr`s winter tires, and it`s years later and they still smell like the cleaner, which worries me a bit. I`ve since relegated the remaining cleaner to tar-removal duty.

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    Setec Astronomy- Huh, that Tropicare somehow slipped under my radar.

    The Rubber Prep does *not* have any residual odor, none that I recall when in use either, so it must not`ve been anything significant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    Setec Astronomy- Huh, that Tropicare somehow slipped under my radar.
    Eh, it was 10 years ago or something. They are long gone. When I first used the dressing I didn`t get the tires clean enough, and it didn`t work, so I shelved it. With all the Tuf Shine publicity, I was reminded of it and did a better cleaning job and used it with some fair success on those winter tires.

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    Re: Cleaning tires to remove browning and dirt

    Quote Originally Posted by pwaug View Post
    Been using Mother`s Back to Black Tire Renew (it`s just a cleaner not a dressing) for the last year with excellent results--you don`t even need water--tire dressings last longer.
    Just got some of this and so far so good.

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    Re: Cleaning tires to remove browning and dirt

    Quote Originally Posted by Texchappy View Post
    Just got some of this and so far so good.
    Whoa. Thanks dudes. Never even knew this existed.

    Much rather use something less harmful than the Zep.

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    The Mothers B2B Tire Renew is an excellent product. Only reason I don`t use it much is because the TS stuff is cheaper when you buy a gallon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swanicyouth View Post
    The Mothers B2B Tire Renew is an excellent product. Only reason I don`t use it much is because the TS stuff is cheaper when you buy a gallon.
    You can get a case of 6 24oz bottles at that river store for 33.22 with free prime shipping. Just sayin`.

    I have a bottle of the B2B not sure I used it yet (we`re talking about the rinseless one, right?) since I still usually do wheels conventionally.

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    Re: Cleaning tires to remove browning and dirt

    Im currently using 3d orange citrus degreaser 4:1. Great product

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    Re: Cleaning tires to remove browning and dirt

    Quote Originally Posted by Swanicyouth View Post
    This is all IMHO / IME:

    1. You don`t need to burn the hair off your legs to clean tires.

    2. There is no need to get tires "surgically" clean to apply conventional dressings.
    1. You`re right. I put on sweat pants.

    2. I wasn`t applying a conventional dressing. This was two months, 3,000 miles, six car washes and three rainstorms ago and the "dressing" is still on them...

    3. My first recommendation was Mother`s.

    - Patrick

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    Re: Cleaning tires to remove browning and dirt

    Here is that MSDS I could not locate.

    Google work better at home?

    http://www.cor.cleaneasier.com/php/M...aser%20505.pdf

 

 
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